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Day 13 Assignments
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Marie Delivers Insights Through Conflict
What I learned doing this assignment: It was a tad labyrinthian to do this assignment, as some steps seem to be the same as other steps, just differently worded. Nevertheless, I learned to focus on conflicts that will reveal insights, and that was a useful exercise for my brain.
1. With your list of the New Ways/Insights you want audiences to experience, go through these steps:
Step 1. What is the New Way/Insight you want to deliver?
a) Acceptance of those who seem different
b) Conformity must be challenged in order to thrive by living creatively
Step 2. What kind of conflict could that insight show up in?
a) Letting one who seems different join the group or club
b) Replacing traditional ways of staging the play with experimental approaches
Step 3. Brainstorm ways you might deliver the insight through the conflict.
a) In court Kay behaves as if she can buy her way out of the problem, but the judge reprimands her for her behaviour and lets all know (including audience) that money and her privileged attitude can’t always fix things. He does this by assigning her community hours, which she can’t stand the thought of doing.
b) An argument that turns physical when one person wants to block and the other wants to explore the play’s characters and their motives in creative ways.
2. Come up with at least five (5) different ways you can use conflict to express an insight.
a) Having the cast experience the tension of rehearsing using old ways like blocking and early line memorization, then have them instantly see how freeing it is to use creative approaches.
b) Casting an “outcast” in the play which upsets the town, who then calls for recasting, causing some townspeople to see how unjust and hurtful their attitude really is.
c) Eunice calls the police suspecting Kay doesn’t have a permit for her very-queer, super-fun Christmas fair, illustrating how destructive and joy-killing closed minds can be. (Kay does have a permit.)
d) Kay <i style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>is casually ordering a drink, flaunting the court order that has her attending AA meetings and committing to staying dry. <i style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Wes argues with her over this attitude, and her insight comes when he vividly describes problems his alcoholism has caused.
e) Kay rebels against the court order to direct the play by secretly letting the star attraction (Eunice) run the whole show. The conflict and its attendant insight happen when Kay realizes the judge has been cast in the play. She is forced to take the reins but is still not committed, not until she casts Emoke and understands that the opportunity means a lot to her because she is of a marginalized community who are generally denied such opportunities (that others, like Kay, take for granted).
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Kathleen Delivers Insights Through Conflict
What I learned doing this assignment is the variety of interesting ways to show conflict.
With your list of the New Ways/Insights you want audiences to experience, go through these steps:
I want the audience to experience inclusion. It could show up when Cassie comes to the house for the repast. Public Humiliation as everyone knows her background.
I want the audience to experience acceptance. It could show up when the Board accepts her into the Company as one who can help fix the problems. This can happen through competition with Rhonda.
Mia and Cassie shopping for appropriate business for self-esteem: Though not a negative conflict, Mia had to use the direct approach to change Cassie’s mind about her appearance.
Verbal abuse is used to get Cassie to sign the agreement at the Will reading.
Misunderstanding when the staff doesn’t back up Cassie. Once she opens up, they are on her side.
5 Ways to use conflict
Argument
Power Struggle
Verbal Abuse
Plan goes wrong
Misunderstanding
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1. New Way/Insight
Other lives are more important than your own personal freedom
2.What kind of conflict?
Personal loss
3. Ways to deliver the insight through conflict
O’Driscoll’s beheading
Daniella accepting Hassan’s proposal
Hamad giving up his service to the Pasha for Zoraida
Miguel’s guy wanting to take Zoraida as payment for helping Miguel escape.
1. New Way /Insight
You can’t rely on anyone else to provide your happiness
2. What Kind of Conflict?
3. Ways to Deliver the Insight Through Conflict
Daniella accepts Hassan’s proposal.
Realizes that he’s going to kill her.
Zoraida saves Hamad from the janissaries
Miguel’s hopes of being ransomed by the Friars falls through.
Hamad fights Miguel when Miguel tells him he’s a slave
1. New Way/Insight
True Love Will Set You Free
2. What kind of conflict?
Loss
3. Ways to Deliver the Insight Through Conflict
Miguel has to physically fight the Pasha’s men to allow Daniella to escape.
As the Pasha is about to behead him for helping Daniella escape, the Friars show up with his ransom.
Hamad must chose his love for Xoraida over his sense of duty
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